Festivals and Fairs
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Pets take center stage Sunday at Frontier DaysJul 01, 2018 1:00 am - Families and their favorite pets took center stage Sunday as day three of Arlington Heights' Frontier Days festival featured its annual pet parade at Recreation Park. P...
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Mundelein parade takes spectators 'Around the World'Jul 01, 2018 1:00 am - Despite another day of sweltering heat, hundreds lined the streets of Mundelein to celebrate the town's international flavor at the annual Community Days parade. With th...
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Palatine Hometown Fest parade draws a crowd, despite the heatJun 30, 2018 1:00 am - You could tell it was an election year Saturday at the Palatine Hometown Fest parade. While the event led off with a large contingent of police vehicles and officers, fo...
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Trying to stay afloat at Glen Ellyn's Cardboard RegattaJun 30, 2018 1:00 am - Most boat captains like to keep their vessels afloat. Those who don't usually aren't remembered very fondly. Even had he survived the Titanic's less-than-successful mai...
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10 tips for parking, fireworks, fun at Naperville's RibfestJun 30, 2018 1:00 am - The smoke and sizzle of ribs on a grill continues to attract people by the thousands to celebrate the Fourth of July in Naperville at Ribfest. This year stands to be no...
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5 places to catch big-name concerts in the suburbs around Fourth of JulyJun 29, 2018 5:30 am - Concerts are as much a part of summer festival season as carnival rides and cotton candy. But organizers typically stage the best - and the biggest - right around the Fo...
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Images: Festivals in the Suburbs on Friday nightJun 29, 2018 1:00 am - See images of festivals in Arlington Heights, Lisle, and Mundelein Friday night. ...
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Frontier Days off to a rockin' start in Arlington HeightsJun 29, 2018 1:00 am - Arlington Heights' big Fourth of July festival, Frontier Days, opened Friday night and continues through Wednesday, featuring popular bands, a carnival, food, an arts an...
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Kline Creek's Independence Day celebration with a twistJun 28, 2018 11:00 pm - Step back in time with Kline Creek's Independence Day celebration
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Creativity counts for boatbuilders in Lake Ellyn Cardboard RegattaJun 28, 2018 6:00 am - One year, Jim Craig and his friends and family built a 37-foot-long cardboard guitar and set it afloat on Lake Ellyn. Another year, the same crew turned a bunch of corru...